Recent content by fataldreams

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    computer won't POST

    No, I have not tried that, but I will. What does it mean if there are no beeps when I remove the RAM?
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    computer won't POST

    I have searched around here, and it seems that quite a few people are/were having the same problem as me. Before asking this, I have tried everything that was suggested in those posts that I looked at when I searched for similar problems. It is a computer that will be used for office work (new...
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    motherboard for athlon xp 1900 (socket a)

    Any suggestions? I won't be buying for a few months but am really looking for manufacturers, then I'll find the board I want from them. I've been using Abit boards in my last two upgrades, which have treated me well (aside from USB problem with KT7). Should I just stick with them? Price...
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    cmd and command in win2k

    Actually, I was having problems with command (which I type by habit because of Windows 98), and then I remembered about cmd and checked to see if it would do what I wanted :) Thanks again.
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    cmd and command in win2k

    What is the difference between cmd and command in Windows 2000? Thanks.
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    copy problems in win2k

    I installed Windows 2000 about 5 days ago due to some problems I was having with Windows 98. I backed up all my data so I could do a fresh install, but had some problems with my HP 9100 cd-writer. I was able to fix that, and it took 5 disks to back everything up, although my cd-writer still...
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    Recommendations for PCMCIA card that works with Linux?

    3com 3ccfe575bt-d works for me... although I got it for free, they sell cheap on ebay. search titles and descriptions and they are usually under $10, some without dongles though. edited to say that the kernel i was using was 2.2.19, which is what was installed with slack 8, then installed and...
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    kernel install/compile problems

    Thanks, I'll give it a shot later tonight and see what happens. Still, the thing that I don't understand is that I'm not doing anything different at all as far as commands go, when I cp bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 on the laptop it copies in just a few seconds, I added it to lilo.conf and...
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    kernel install/compile problems

    cp bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 With appropriate directory, with me I've got the unpacked kernel source under /, so /kernel/linux/arch/i386/bzImage I believe.
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    kernel install/compile problems

    I've got linux running on two different systems, a laptop and my desktop (which runs as a dual boot with Windows 98). I've been trying to install and compile kernel 2.4.18 on my desktop for quite awhile, and keep running into problems. This afternoon I decided to try and do it on the laptop...
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    can't boot [slackware linux]

    I have a dual boot between Slackware and Windows XP. XP was installed after linux (before was Windows 98), so the master boot record was overwritten when XP was installed. I hadn't used linux in a few months, and when I went to boot last night, I would get a kernel panic message. The only...
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    interesting XP problem (no way to describe)

    Wow. I feel stupid ;o) Thanks
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    interesting XP problem (no way to describe)

    http://www.collinraye.net/bullshit/scrn.jpg Shouldn't there be more than that in that window? I'm not sure when this started happening, I noticed it last Saturday. Anyone know what's up? Thanks,
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    what the hell happened? XP problem/question

    Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please reinstall a copy of the above file. Before I grabbed my XP cd to see if I could restore it, I figured I'd reboot first, and see if I got the same message.. and I did not. XP...
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    how would XP run on this laptop?

    PIII 500 with 64MB RAM and a 6GB hard drive. I don't know about the video card or anything, as the system isn't mine.. but I was thinking about putting XP on it for my parents to use (everything is pretty simple and nice, and I think it would help my mom out a lot). I have it running on my...